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Find classroom resources that give students meaningful opportunities to practice, reinforce, and apply academic skills. Explore activities, graphic organizers, and instructional materials that support skill development across subjects and grade levels.

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Latest Skills Practice Resources from Newsela

Graphic Organizer

October 15, 2026

Paired Text Analysis Graphic Organizer

Graphic Organizer

October 14, 2026

Word Sort Worksheet for Vocabulary

Graphic Organizer

October 14, 2026

Summarizing Worksheet: 5 Ws and How

Latest Skills Practice Blogs from Newsela

Smiling worker in a hard hat operating a forklift for a Labor Day article about why the holiday is celebrated.

What Is Labor Day and Why Do We Celebrate It?

Students sitting together in a classroom discussion while one student holds a printed reading passage.

Word Meaning and Word Choice: How to Teach Both

Corkboard with pinned notes, red string, and a paper showing an orange question mark.

Claim-Evidence-Reasoning: How To Teach CER

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Newsela writing efficacy Princeton City

Efficacy Study & Validity Report

December 12, 2025

Newsela Writing Boosts Middle School Reading and Writing Outcomes

Write pair share activity resource

Graphic Organizer

October 2, 2025

Write-Pair-Share Graphic Organizer

Purple design element

Write to Learn - How Newsela Makes Writing Practice More Impactful

Designing a Balanced Assessment Framework: Insights From District Leaders

Making testing meaningful in education

Make Testing Meaningful: Balancing Growth, Learning, and Fun

Student writing improvement

Efficacy Study & Validity Report

Newsela Writing boosts student writing and earns teacher support: A summary of pilot research findings

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Smiling worker in a hard hat operating a forklift for a Labor Day article about why the holiday is celebrated.

What Is Labor Day and Why Do We Celebrate It?

Students sitting together in a classroom discussion while one student holds a printed reading passage.

Word Meaning and Word Choice: How to Teach Both

Corkboard with pinned notes, red string, and a paper showing an orange question mark.

Claim-Evidence-Reasoning: How To Teach CER

Student looking through a camera lens outdoors, with their reflection visible in the glass.

How to Teach Point of View in ELA

A smiling student with a modern hairstyle wearing bright orange sunglasses and looking up at the sun in a lush green park.

Print or Digital Summer Learning Lessons for Any Subject

A young girl sitting in the nook of a large tree trunk reading a yellow book at sunset, representing the joy of summer reading.

Engaging Summer Reading Selections for Every Grade Band